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By June 1940 Britain was facing Nazi invasion. Prime Minister Winston Churchill's bodyguard Walter had at least managed to keep him safe during several dangerous trips to France. But the next year was to bring a whole host of new perils. As the bombs rained down the one person to whose safety Winston gave no thought was his own and Walter had to cope as best he could.
During the 1930's although he was out of office Winston Churchill's outspoken opposition to Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime made him a marked man. So much so that when war seem inevitable French Intelligence got wind of a German plot to Assassinate him. Immediately Winston called his former bodyguard ex-dectective Henry Walter Thompson out of retirement to protect him again.
In the middle of 1942 Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his bodyguard Walter set off on their most dangerous journey yet braving the fighters of the Luftwaffe in North Africa to get first to Egypt and then on to the Soviet Union. It was the beginning of a year of perilous travels which was to see them constantly at risk.
The entry of the United States into World War II meant enormous increase in responsibility for Winston Churchill's Bodyguard Walter. Fot the next three and a half years the two men were to travel almost 200 000 miles visiting the battle fronts and attending high level conferences. Very soon Winston was to come within seconds of assassination by a lone gunman.
When Winston visits Athens he is supposed to stay at a hotel where Greek guerrillas have placed 1000lbs of dynamite in a nearby sewer. They shoot at his plane and even fire on HMS Ajax his temporary home in Piraeus harbor.
As World War II began Winston Churchill was brought back into Government after 10 years in the wilderness. For his bodyguard Walter it was the beginning of the six most active & nerve racking years of his career. Within eight months his boss would be Prime Minister and risking his life on hair-raising trips to try to keep British ally France in the war.
Hitler's henchmen devised a plan to kill Churchill Stalin & Roosevelt at the Tehran Conference. Assassins were parachuted in carrying suicide bombs prompting Walter and the intelligence services to protect Winston's life from immediate danger
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In 1929 Winston Churchill ceased to be the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Detective Sergeant Walter Thompson sadly stopped guarding the man he had come to regard as a friend. However within two years Winston's outspoken views had gained him fresh and dangerous enemies. Walter was recalled but the next threat to Winston's life came from a totally unexpected direction.
It is VE Day and Winston & Walter have several journeys to make through the jubilant crowds. Winston wants to walk and at the last minute is pulled onto the roof of his car by Walter who breaks a woman's arm whilst protecting his boss!
Winston Churchill had served in India as a young Army Officer. He believed that India should remain as part of the British Empire. However on a speaking tour of the USA an Indian Nationalist organization forced Walter to draw his gun on three occasions in order to protect Winston's life.
Winston Churchill returns from Tehran in very poor health. So much so that his doctor expects him to die. Walter's devotion is such that he insists on staying by Winston's side on the crucial night and disaster is averted.
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